COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Siena Heights teams beat WHAC foe Lawrence Tech

The Siena Heights women's basketball team registered its fourth win in the last five conference outings and defeated Lawrence Tech on Saturday, 70-50.

The win leaves the Saints with a 5-2 record in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference and an 8-3 overall mark while Lawrence Tech is 2-5 and 3-7, respectively. Siena Heights sits third in the WHAC standings, two games behind co-leaders Davenport and Concordia.

The Saints never trailed in the game, building as much as a 12-point lead.

The SHU defense forced Lawrence Tech into 28.1 shooting in the second half as the Saints were 11-for-24 (45.8 percent) and 13-for-13 from the free throw line after intermission.

Amanda Duke went 8-for-10 from the floor and led Siena Heights with 19 points. Morgan Warfield added 14 points and Sierra Calhoun 12. Jen Jasinski managed seven rebounds, and Grace Howrigon six assists, both team highs.

Trine 46, Adrian College 41: At Angola, Ind., the host Thunder closed out the game with an 8-2 run to erase Adrian's lead and post the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association win.

Adrian (3-5, 3-2 MIAA) registered a season low for points and shot 30.9 percent from the field.

The Bulldogs, who had a 21-17 halftime lead with a solid defensive effort, were able to build as much as an 11-point advantage at 34-23 with 14:31 remaining on a Nicole Boggs 3-pointer.

Trine would then score 23 of the game's final 30 points. Adrian led 39-38 with 4:11 to play when Raven Anderson got a steal and a layup, but the game's leading scorer, Sydney Spragg (25 points) was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all three free throws.

MENSiena Heights 69, Lawrence Tech 52: At Southfield, the visiting Saints fought off several double-digit deficits in the first half and then cruised to the WHAC victory win.

The host Blue Devils led 20-9 in the first 11 minutes of the contest, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Latwan Wesley and Jamison Webster (Madison High School) started Siena Heights on an 11-0 rally to tie the game at 20-20. The Saints would close out the first half on a 15-6 run to lead 35-26 at the break.

Siena Heights (3-4 WHAC, 3-8 overall) quickly expanded its lead to 18 points at 46-28, and Lawrence Tech never cut its deficit to single digits the rest of the way.

Wesley (5-for-7 from the 3-point arc) led the Saints with 19 points, while Webster tacked on 14 points, eight assists and three steals. Freshman Cody Johnson grabbed a team-high six rebounds. The Saints shot well from the field, canning 25-of-51 shots (49 percent), including 12-of-24 from 3-point range.